Hi.
I stopped there a couple of weeks ago. I was on the CC site which is on the south side of the water. There were a few supplies on the site, but not a lot. There is a small shop in Carsington village which should have most essentials, there is also a caffe at the visitors centre which is about half way up the west side.

Its quite a nice bike ride around the water but it is quite steep in places, even with my cheats bike :Wink:.

There are a couple of pubs nearby. One only a couple of hundred yards from the visitor centre entrance, the other in Carsington village about half way round the res.
The distance round the res. on the foot/cycle path is approx. 7 miles and is qiuite hilly in places. Great going downhill but hard work going up!

OOOoooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh!! They weren't stuck to the rack by rust then :Rofl1::Rofl1:

Got soaked, the heavens opened!!! Not too impressed by Ashbourne to be honest. We will survive. got the G&T and some wine to see us through. :Rofl1:

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On the few occasions we've been to Ashbourne it's struck me as interesting if you have the inclination to find the interesting bits - they're there to be found, just takes some doing. Nice Saturday market if I recall correctly.